Four years ago, Game Politics broke the news that the US government performed raids on mod chip sellers in a program they called "Operation Tangled Web". During this program, ICE agents ran sting operations and raids on more than 32 locations in 16 states. At the time, there was little information and no official indictments of those running mod chip operations. Since then, no new information has been released, until now.

Thanks to a very eagle eyed John Doe, we finally have news that the US government is bringing charges up on 10 individuals, including Manuel S. Diaz-Marta who was the only named target in 2008. Much like then, very little information is provided about the case and internet searches have not turned up any publicly accessible documents on any of the cases.

According to the official press release from United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, the following individuals have been indicted ...